Yesterday evening, at the suggestion of some savvy Chowhounds, a friend and I rode the 7 train to the end of the line, Flushing-Main Street, the real NYC Chinatown. There is nothing like playing tourist in your own city! Flushing is a world apart from Manhattan. Beijing opera music blares from streetside speakers, and open […]
A couple weeks ago at work, one of my colleagues who grew up in West Virginia was talking about this amazing fruit that he grew up eating – the pawpaw. Obviously, I consider myself a foodie, so I was somewhat ashamed of myself that I had never heard of such a thing. According to my […]
While perusing the dried fruit section at Trader Joe’s, my four-year-old and I stumbled upon an new one: dragon fruit. Since the little guy spends half his days dressed up as a knight in shining armor, slaying his life-sized inflatable dragon, he thought that was pretty cool. So, for $1.99, we thought we’d take a […]
Remember Vince, the ShamWow guy? You know, that crazy infomercial dude who, for some unknown reason, loves to wear a headset whenever he’s pitching a product. Alright, maybe I shouldn’t make fun. Maybe he’s got some kind of disability that requires him to wear a headset all the time, sorta like lung cancer patients with […]
